French dancer brings curtain down on glittering career that included performing with Nureyev and becoming the youngest ever étoile
After a career that defied convention, the French ballet dancer Sylvie Guillem went with the traditional for her final act, bowing out with a performance of Boléro in the Japanese city of Yokohama.
A capacity audience of 2,400 burst into 15 minutes of rapturous applause as she left the stage, which was covered with bouquets of flowers.
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Source: Guardian Dance News